Jobs/ Roles in the ECH Community: National/Federal Level

                               

 

 

At least three nation/federal Organizations or Communities of practical that appealed to you and why you chose them

The National Red Cross Organization-was founded in May 21, 81 by Clara Barton she was the first president of the organization in Washington, DC. Clara Barton held the first meeting in the home of Senator   Omar D. Conger (R, MI). In the first meeting there were only 13 people including Barton, Conger and Republican William Lawrence (R, RC. Responds to more than 70,000 disasters, house or apartment fires, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hazardous materials spills, transportation accidents, explosions, and other national and local man- made disasters.

I chose this challenge because it is a non-profit organization and they help people who are in need. They help all people not just a certain race, color but all people and that is love.

         

Feed the Children Organization- was founded in 1979 it is operated and run by a nonprofit organization; by christen valves, whose stated mission is “Providing hope and resources to those without life’s essentials.” In 2011, Feed the Children distributed more than 104 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally. Feed the Children has worked around the globe in its 33 years history. On March 1, 2013 the move will reach 21 countries Feed the Children is the 25th largest charity in the United States. It headquarter is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I chose Feed the Children because I support this nonprofit organization and I am a Christian and this is what Christian do help the needy and them who are in need.

The United Way Organization - is a nonprofit organization which works with more than 1,200 local. The United Way Offices located throughout the countries in a coalition of the charitable organization. To help with fundraising and support. The focus of the United States is identifying and resolving pressing community issues, as well as making measurable changes in the communities through partnerships with schools, government agencies, business, organizing labor, financial institutions, development corporations, volunteers and neighborhood associations, the faith community, and others. The issues the United Way focus on are determined locally because of the diversity of the communities served. The United Way main focus area is education, income, and health.

The reason way I chose the United Way is they support the communities locally, regionally, and nationally. They are doing what each and every one of Christian people need to be doing. Seeing their brothers and sister in need and doing something about it. I salute all of these organizations who are supporting their communities and showing love for each individuals. I pray for these people  and keep them in my spirit.

Job opportunities (current available or not) that interest you

Mississippi County Head Start has an opening for an area Center Director. The interest I have in this job I've the opportunity to travel from center to center. This will give me an opportunity to travel out of town and mostly I will get to meet different diverse of families and people.

Skills and experience you would need to competently fulfill each of these roles

The skills I will need to operate as the position of the Center Director I would need a least an associate‘s degree or a bachelor’s degree in the field of early childhood education. I must serve as a resource in getting information back and forward to the staff. I must be able to develop relationships with parents and must be willingly to attend 20/30 hours of trainings. I must have the experience in working with low- income families. Know how to run an anti-bias center; to know how to be an assistance and work as a team. Be ready to give feedback when needed; making such that the total domains are in each classroom. Is in operation social/emotion, physical, language, and cognitive development. The most important thing is to know that it is all about the children and knowing how to apply the” Platinum Rule” “Treat everyone like you wants to be treated.”

References:

Gonzalez-Meza, Janet (2009). Child, Family, and Community (fifth ed). Pearson Education. ISBN978-0 135132302.

http://newsok,om/feed-the-children-paid-8000.000-tofounder-larry-jones_after-him/article3835658  

 

Local and State Levels

             

Paralyzed Veterans of American is an organization for paralyzed policemen who have been hurt in the line of duty. I admire all of the paralyzed veterans because they risk their lives for their countries and communities. Most of these veterans got hurt in the line of fire and they need help in taking care of their families and themselves. When these young men and women sign up to become policemen and women, they know their changing that they make not get back with their families alive. The Paralyzed Veterans of American is an organization for helping policemen and women to get the benefits they need in healthcare, education and training and career opportunities. “Paralyzed Veterans is dedicated to empowering our disabled veterans to used full, productive lives.

Feed the Children Organization was founded in 1979 is a non-profit relief Organization, guided by Christian values, who stated mission, is “providing hope and resources for those without life’s essentials." Feed the Children give out more than 104 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally, during its 33-year history, Feed the Children has worked around the globe. I admire this organization because it helps supply a safe environment for young children and their families with clean water, nutrition meals, clothing and a chance to get an education. These are very poor individuals who need our help I also am a big supporter in feeding the Children. I was amazed when I discover that National Association of Educators for Homeless Children and Youth), this program has donated more than 500,000 backpacks filled with school supplies, food and personal care items to the homeless children enrolled in U.S. public schools. In Africa, Asia, Central and South America and The Philippines, Feed the Children provides more than 350,000 meals daily through school feeding programs (Feed the Children, 2011).

The sisterhood is a Christian Organization was founded in 2011, by Cedar Belle Tyler of Blytheville, Arkansas. The sisterhood is a group of women who have been divorced, abused, and any life problems that hinder their personal walk with God. The Lord gave Ms. Tyler this after she went through a terrifying divorce and experienced the hurt and pains so many women have suffered and need help. So I answer the Lord voice, and we meet at different residents to make the sisters feel comfortable. We discuss many different subjects such as how to live saved when you are single? Is there life after a divorce? How do one survival with children after a divorce? How do children cope when daddy is away and not coming home? This organization helps support in many different matters such as financial, communication sometimes we just need to have someone to be there when we need them. This is what we do help support and care for our young children and their families in the community. (Cedar Tyler, 2011).

The job opportunities my heart’s desire is to be an education counselor and owning my own daycare center with all diverse of families. I would like to have a center fill with all children such as, children with disabilities, Black, White, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican and all others people.

The skills I would need are receiving my degree in counseling and need the financial funds to operation and employees that I can trust them. But most of all I have to have a heart for young children and their families. Because I know that it’s not all about me but it about the young children who I come in contact with each day.

Reference:  Tyler. C. B. (2011). Sisterhood where women come together for Godly strength.

The Last Goodbyes

              My most passionate hope for my future as an early childhood professional is to earn my Master’s degree in early childhood education. I will continue my studying in school because I know that it is an ongoing process. I cannot comprehend too much of experience in teaching young children. I want to have a passionate of a sense of humor knowing that learning should be fun. I know that we have our differences in learning and development because not every person learns the same. Because we all are different whether, in our sizes, color, or shape, we are different but do respect and treated equally. I know in order to be an effective teacher I have to make learning fun to each child. I have to be a teacher of passion to respect each child and their families. To be a quick to rescue my children’s when they need me. To love in what I am during by teaching young children. I have to press my way when I do not feel like it. I have to have a perseverance spirit. I have to be flexibility to be there when two or more duties are calling me. I have patience with young children and their families because no two children learn alike. I have to study each child learning level. I have to take the risk in adding on to the children abilities in learning and development. Most of all to recognize all cultures differences and respect them to the best of my knowledge. To be the best positive role model in young children and their families lives.

I feel that you all are a part of my learning and development family, and I appreciate all of you. I would like, for all of my colleagues, to know that I pray for you and wishes nothing but the best for you all. I would like to thank the Professor from the bottom of my heart how you gave me an opportunity to be an effective learner. Thank you for being there for me and understanding me when I made mistakes, you build my confidence up with the foundation of learning and development. Again thank you Professor. Most of all I want to thank God for my health and strength for making this far, somebody, did not make it, but God saw fit let me come this far. Thank you God! I would like, for my colleagues, to keep in touch with me. Information to reach me by e-mail—tyler.cedar@yahoo.com

Impacts on Early Emotional Development

                                                     

                                            Eastern and Southern Africa

The area and world I chose was Eastern and Southern Africa because this area where parents and their young children really need help. These people really face many issues and situations that they cannot conquer themselves. The challenges that these families and children in this region of the world are confronting are very serious. There are the spread of HIV Virus, lack of medicines, no clean drinking water, lack of education, and little or no food, and the lack of shelters.

These challenges experiences might have an effect on children’s emotional wellbeing and development. When a child is sick and not healthy haven’t had a nutrition meal he/she can’t consecrate in the classroom. They fall behind the other students in the class because they are too busy trying to see if they smell bad to the other children and scare they will be bullied by their classmates.

(Laureate Education, Inc. 2010). It’s against the law in the state of Arkansas to even let the teachers know if a child is infected by the HIV Virus. But these children don’t have no sought of idea so the live in fear every day. Most teachers don’t understand about the virus so they treat the child different even when the child not potty trained in their eyes. I see this happen just about every day where I work at just imagine what these people go through over in the Africa.” We’re so quick to say in your elbow Johnny when children sneeze.” What about knowing a child having Aid or HIV will we accept that child? These families, children and the communities are faces hard and critical time.

My personal and professional reflection  that we should all as parents and professionals ourselves apply the” Platinum Rule “Treat other as we want them to treat us.”  Every person need to be respected and deserve to be loved. I have seemed children with behavior issues be treated different from normal children. This shouldn’t even be because we didn’t make ourselves,” It’s God who made us and not ourselves. Every professional that are in the field of education need to examine themselves and see do they have the heart for this job. Because you can’t teach every child the same students are easy to catch on, some don’t want to catch on, and some just need that one- on-one confrontation to catch on. “Don’t fear or worry about having a child with special needs in your classroom, center, or school .See the whole child, not just the hearing impairment, the cerebral palsy, or the autism. Remember they are just Kids.” (Ray, J. A., Pewitt-Kinder, J., & George, S. 2009).

The insights I have learned that we have students in our classroom who are living in poverty and we may never know it.  Give children second at lunch making sure that they have enough during lunch period.  Because families are ashamed to let anyone knows to get help.  I can give out news letters to inform families where to go to get resources.  It’s essential for me to treat these children special and focus my full attention on them. To teach and love them like it’s my last time, have a positive mind that every child is made for learning and development. . I must realize that “A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.”

                                              References

Derman- Sparks & Olsen- Edwards, (2010). Anti- Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves.

Ray, J. A., Pewitt- Kinder, J., & George, S. (2009). Partnering with families of children with special needs. YC: Young Children, 64(5), 16-22.

The Sexualization of Early Childhood

           

          Sexualization is one of the most major issues in the United States of America I see this issues just about every day. My reaction to the topic of the sexualization of early childhood it is a major issue in school, in the home, and especially, in the community. I see young children at the age of 4 year old dress up like a grown person. Not only are they dressing like older young ladies they also dancing, singing, walking, and rapping like them. They also are during what they see the adults do in their home environment. Rules and regulations in the home atmosphere had changed since, from the way I was reared up. Dad and mom taught and implanted in all of his 15 children’s “To be a child and when we get to be grown act like you all are grown young ladies and men”. We did not have televisions, computers, IPods, tablets, telephones, or cell phones all of these items are a temptation for this new generation.

Examples: 1. (Too much freedom) Young children as young as 10 have a computer in their bedroom seeing materials, pictures and people that not appropriate for young children. The parents are not checking and seeing what the child is looking at on the computer. 2. (Negative influences) the parents are living any way in front of their children and not being the parents letting the children being the parents. We have to be positive role models to our children because the baby sitters are rearing the children in today society. Parents are dressing their children like strippers and thinking it pretty. Children are going to be children it is up to the parents to take of them. God forbid how today society are rearing up these young children not only Americans but also races gender, religious and ethnic groups of people (Levin & Kilbourne 2009). 3. (Listening) the latest music young children are listening to today. The style of music it is ashamed for parents to let their children hear this loud unholy music. Especially, the rappers they need to be arrested on how they have a negative influence on these young people. The words that proceed out of these rappers mouth should be a law against them. Calling people the N word God forbid, and so do I. You can say what you will or may word bring forth action that is some of the reason while so many of our black children are in trouble today. This is my personal point of view that we as adults need to lay the foundation for young children by being a positive role models, mentors, and advocators. We can not lie on the white men because we can be whatever we want to be no one is holding us down. We are our own worth enemy because “Quitters never wins and winners never quit.”

The implication this may have on children’s healthy development is that it impacts negative influence on children. When children receive negative influences, it brings forward worries especially to the parents. Children want to be like some of these rappers and music makers and will do what the words of the songs say do. Music has spirits carry with it and it like control of the mind. We as parents should make our children number one priority in our lives. Whatever happens to attending church, attending Sunday school, Youth Day’s and hearing the word of God? Whatever happens to the United States of America believing in treating everyone the same? The United States was the most religious nation in the world where the teachers used to pray every morning. When prayer was taken out of school guns, dope, drugs, and alcoholic can in destroying our young children. We as professionals need to sets standards and values to learn how to present ourselves as positive role models. Most children imitate the adults it is essential for as teachers to be positive role models, advocators, and mentors for our young children.

I think that professionals need to take this issue very serious because our children are being growing up in a speedy pace. We should educate ourselves and the young children families. Most families are very young and baby themselves and have no idea about rearing children. Young children are very uneducated in today society and do not take the time to help children with their homework. We have to figure out some ways to help educated these parents, on how to care for their children. I see it every day how young parents are dressing their children like adults. I believe in letting children be children until they grow into adulthood. Ways to influences positive influences is by monitoring what the children watch on TV, and Computers. When children are on the computer or watching TV be their guide in what they see and hear. Make it a PACT Time thing. Parent and Children Time Together.

Evaluating Impacts on Professional Practice

            In today society, many children suffer from racism and sexism they are being picked on by school children every day, some hate to go outside of their home because they are afraid of being picked on or being bullying. Imagine how it must feel to young children being not accepted by the community or society. We as professionals need to cry out against this ism(s) I suffer from a lot of biases such as, being black, having short nappy hair, dumb and a problem in speaking the correct way people want me to speak.

              I remember on one Saturday evening I was coming out of the store and got near to the car, and I reached for the door when I heard a small voice saying “nega”. My heart started to pound in my chest I rushed and open the car door and got in I looked over to my left. There was this older man about sixty years old standing outside of the car where the little small voice came from. I could not believe this man never open his mouth and tell the boy that he was wrong in calling me a racist name. I was about 15 year of age and was judged by the color of my skin. At that moment, I started to hate that man and that little boy also. But as I grew up to become a young lady I had a changing heart, for example, where there was hate I replaced it with love. I can truly say that I have a clean heart, and I love all people of races because I have accepted Jesus Christ into my heart. I am a woman of color, and I love me because there was a time I hated myself. When I heard that little boy called me a nega it made me think. For example: I did not finish college because I though I was dumb and stupid, I started to think about it. I heard and seen a commercial about when life throws you a lemon, turn around and make you some lemonade. Look at me now getting my master’s degree at Walden University one of the best Universities in the United States of America. Look at me being educated by the finest professors in the United States of American.